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Topic: Mike's Recording of "Maria"... |
Dennis Olearchik
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Newtown, PA
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Posted 7 May 2003 3:23 pm |
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| Bello (beautiful)! [This message was edited by Dennis Olearchik on 07 May 2003 at 04:24 PM.] |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Dennis Olearchik
From:
Newtown, PA
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Posted 11 May 2003 4:47 pm
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Mike,
This question probably belongs in "electronics" but what equipment did you use to record this song (e.g. mic's, pre-amps and recorder)?
Thanks.
Dennis |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 11 May 2003 7:08 pm
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Dennis, I used my MSA maple/lacquer steel with an Ernie Ball Volume pedal (which sounds different than my Goodrich), going through a hand wired all tube pre-amp made by a fellow named Steve Firlotte, directly into my studiomaster mixing board and from there to a Fosted E-16 analog tape deck running at 30 IPS. No amps or microphones were used.
Steve no longer makes the particular pre-amp I have, but he does manufactur a line of studio products called Inward Connections.
The Bass was an Ibanez 6 string, I don't know the model #, and I used 2 different guitars and a mandolin for the rhythm chinks. I forget which guitars I used. |
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Dennis Olearchik
From:
Newtown, PA
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Posted 12 May 2003 4:13 pm
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| Thanks! |
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John P. Phillips
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Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.
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Posted 12 May 2003 5:22 pm
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Ditto what Dennis said. Mike, you did that old MSA proud. a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. Sorry I didn't see it sooner !! 
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JUST 'CAUSE I STEEL, DON'T MAKE ME A THIEF
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 13 May 2003 7:15 pm
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| Thanks John. I'm glad you like it. Hopefully everybody else will feel the same way when it's released. |
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 13 May 2003 7:42 pm
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Mike my friend. I'm a little confused. I have your West Side Story CD here in front of me with Maria on track 10.
Are you including it in a new album, or do I have a copy of the a limited pressing?
In any case folks, this is a pro CD with 19 songs that are pure delight. That Mike thinks "out of the box" for steel playing is an understatement.
To be true, I'm a dyed in the wool country shuffle fan, but Mike's work has opened new doors. Carry on, bro. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 14 May 2003 4:01 am
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Ken, you have a copy of the limited pressing that I've been using to send to record companies (so far without success) hoping to find one that is willing to release it.
The response has been the same- It's beautiful, but we don't want o release it because it's not what the kids are buying.
So I'm going to release it myself. This means, among other things, that I have to pay $1,600 for the licensing fees before I can legally sell a single CD. I also have to come up with pressing costs, money for promoition etc. I have about 1/3 of what I need already saved. Hopefully I'll have it all in the next few months, and will be able to release the CD before the end of the year. |
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Tony LaCroix
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 14 May 2003 9:16 am
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Mike, I know the topic is drifting, but I'm curious as to why you'd have to pay those licensing fees? Are you referring to royalties?
Tony |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 14 May 2003 12:13 pm
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Tony, I'm not sure of how the system works, or what exactly the money is for. I think it is advance payment of royalties but I could be wrong.
All I know is that I have to shell out the money before I can sell or even press up the CDs. |
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 14 May 2003 6:48 pm
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Mike: I think we'd all be curious as to whom you have to pay the licensing fees to. I have never heard of such a thing, unless you don't own your own product.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 14 May 2003 10:09 pm
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Ken, the money ultimately goes to the Bernstein estate, but I will be sending it to the Harry Fox Agency in New york. I assume the agency will keep some of it. In addition to the money, I have to full out a separate form for each of the 20 songs on the CD, and I believe the $1600 represents not one fee, but 20 seperate ones, one for each song.
This fee only covers the first 1000 CDs pressed. If that pressing sells out and I do a second run, I will have to pay an additional fee.
The system is set up so that the owner of the material, in this case the Bernstein estate, gets their money, (which I guess is their royalties,) in advance of the sales. If the CD doesn't sell a thousand copies, they still have their money, and the artist takes the loss.
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